Table 40. Average number of public school teachers in public school districts who were dismissed in the previous year or did not have their contracts renewed based on poor performance, by years of teaching experience and selected public school district characteristics: 2003–04

Selected public school district characteristic

Average number of teachers in districts who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed

Average number of teachers in districts who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed, by years of experience

Teachers with3 or fewer yearsof experience

Teachers withmore than 3 yearsof experience

All public school districts

3.1

1.2

1.9

District size

1 school

1.5

0.4

1.1

2–3 schools

1.0

0.4

0.7

4–5 schools

1.7

0.8

1.0

6–9 schools

3.1

1.4

1.6

10–19 schools

6.9

2.5

4.4

20 or more schools

26.5

11.0

15.6

Community type

Central city

12.4

4.7

7.7

Urban fringe/large town

3.0

1.3

1.7

Rural/small town

1.4

0.4

1.0

District K–12 enrollment

Less than 250

0.7

0.2

0.4

250–999

1.4

0.4

1.0

1,000–1,999

2.4

0.8

1.6

2,000–4,999

2.0

1.1

0.9

5,000–9,999

7.8

2.8

4.9

10,000 or more

23.1

9.7

13.3

Percent of K–12students in districtwho were approvedfor free orreduced-price lunches

Less than 5

3.5

1.4

2.1

5–24.9

2.3

1.0

1.3

25–49.9

3.9

1.2

2.6

50–74.9

2.9

1.2

1.7

75 or more

3.8

2.2

1.5

District did notparticipate in freeor reduced-pricelunch program

1.3

0.4

0.9

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, District Data File.